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minus-squareallywilson@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·15 hours agoWait a sec, I was told American’s don’t use the metric system…
minus-squareDefault_Defect@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 hour agoWe also don’t use apostrophes for plural words.
minus-squarePsythik@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 hours agoYou were lied to. We use a mix of both, just like the UK.
minus-squarefakeaustinfloyd@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·14 hours agoThe imperial system doesn’t have any electromagnetism units that I’m aware of, so they borrow from SI.
minus-squarecaptainlezbian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·13 hours agoWe can use horsepower hours if you’d like. Or BTU
minus-squareJoeBigelow@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·12 hours agoI’m all for paying my electric bill in horsepower/hours. That feels very American. How many V8s is my house?
minus-squareitslilithlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 hours agoI’d be horsepower * hour, since horsepower is a unit, of, well, power, and [Energy] = [Power]*[Time] But might as well go for an obscure time unit as well at that point. Horsepower Sennights, baby
minus-squarecaptainlezbian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 hours agoI’m gonna need you to repent and convert to metric
Wait a sec, I was told American’s don’t use the metric system…
We also don’t use apostrophes for plural words.
You were lied to. We use a mix of both, just like the UK.
The imperial system doesn’t have any electromagnetism units that I’m aware of, so they borrow from SI.
We can use horsepower hours if you’d like. Or BTU
I’m all for paying my electric bill in horsepower/hours. That feels very American. How many V8s is my house?
I’d be horsepower * hour, since horsepower is a unit, of, well, power, and [Energy] = [Power]*[Time]
But might as well go for an obscure time unit as well at that point. Horsepower Sennights, baby
I’m gonna need you to repent and convert to metric
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